³⁶ Remember that God's message did not start from you in Corinth! You are not the only people who have heard it, either.

³⁷ Someone may think that he has the gift to speak messages from God. Or he may think that he has received other spiritual gifts. Anyone who thinks like that should agree with what I have written to you. He should recognize that it is what the Lord himself is telling his people to do. ³⁸ If anyone refuses to accept this, you should not accept that person.